I was cruising ebay the other night and saw some nice shiny looking parts for building the Bassett Lowke 3/4 inch traction engine.
The parts where reasonably priced so I thought what the heck and slapped a bid on and much to my surprise I won them.
Here is the ebay auctions.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270255740335&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270255741988&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
Now I'm a proud owner of about 10% of one of these TEs.
I've just ordered a reproduction of the pamphlet to build this engine but I still need the plans and obviously the rest of the castings.
I don't plan to even consider to start working on this for 2 or 3 years to give myself a chance to acquire the skills needed and also to give myself a chance to find some of the other parts / castings.
Does anyone here have or know of anyone who has plans / castings for this TE they don't want and would be willing to part with for some cash?
For those that aren't familiar with this engine here is a picture of it from my 1950s Bassett lowke catalogue.
Yes this is something high to aim for, for a beginner but like I said I don't plan on starting this for a few years as I figure it will take me that long to source all the castings as this went out of production nearly 50 years ago.....
The parts where reasonably priced so I thought what the heck and slapped a bid on and much to my surprise I won them.
Here is the ebay auctions.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270255740335&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270255741988&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
Now I'm a proud owner of about 10% of one of these TEs.
I've just ordered a reproduction of the pamphlet to build this engine but I still need the plans and obviously the rest of the castings.
I don't plan to even consider to start working on this for 2 or 3 years to give myself a chance to acquire the skills needed and also to give myself a chance to find some of the other parts / castings.
Does anyone here have or know of anyone who has plans / castings for this TE they don't want and would be willing to part with for some cash?
For those that aren't familiar with this engine here is a picture of it from my 1950s Bassett lowke catalogue.
Yes this is something high to aim for, for a beginner but like I said I don't plan on starting this for a few years as I figure it will take me that long to source all the castings as this went out of production nearly 50 years ago.....